AIDS Awareness is something that the Northeastern Illinois University Colony of Omega Delta Phi does not take lightly. They care about it so much that they have launched an on campus philanthropic effort to raise funds for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago all while leading a campaign encouraging NEIU Students and community members to get tested. Their efforts will come to a close on Saturday February 25th with The Black and Red Affair, an on campus semi-formal dance with a [...]
Omega Delta Phi’s 25th Anniversary National Conference has been tentatively set for July 12-15th in Lubbock, TX, home of the Alpha Chapter at Texas Tech University. The conference theme will be “25 Years of Growth, Service, and Excellence: Entering the Silver Era” and will feature an undergraduate track and an alumni track for the brothers who choose to attend. A design contest for the conference logo has been announced by the conference committee. The national office is hosting a design [...]
The North-American Interfraternity Conference, or NIC as many fraternity members know it, began a movement to expand the knowledge regarding fraternity involvement and its impact in undergraduate members. They devised the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA) an assessment that would measure the learning and growth of fraternity members during their undergraduate careers. This assessment would also help in cementing the arguments that many fraternity life advocates use when encouraging young men to seek membership or when fighting misinformation and stereotypes associated [...]
Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. unveiled their colony at Texas Christian University with the presentation of their founding line last Friday January 20th. The expansion efforts of the fraternity at TCU came full circle with the activation of the founding line. The TCU founding line consists of Anthony Hernandez, Bryan Williams, Quan Liu, Richard Pescrillo, Carlos Quintana, Gilberto Vasquez, and Jose Trejo. Hernandez stated that he felt ODPhi resonated with them as interests when looking for what organization [...]
The 2012 National Undergraduate Council gathered in San Antonio, TX this year to discuss fraternity business and partake in brotherhood and networking. The undergraduates set a NUC conference attendance record with 294 registered brothers of whom 228 checked in, and a grand total of around 300 brothers in San Antonio for the event making it the most successful one thus far. The conference was planned by the Vice President of Undergraduate Affairs Jacob Aidan Martinez and his staff in cooperation [...]
Over the past three weeks, each of our California entities including; Alpha Kappa, Alpha Nu, Alpha Psi, & CSUDH Colony have been tabling and campaigning for California residents of all ages, to register and become an Organ & Tissue donor. Our brothers have put in much effort to distribute and inform college students and their surrounding communities about the need and importance of becoming an Organ Donor. To date, Omega Delta Phi’s unique url (listed below), has helped to register 253 people!! [...]
NUC will be in San Antonio, TX for MLK Weekend (January 13-15th). Below is a letter from National President: Brothers, As you may recall, at National Conference in Orlando this past summer, the National Board and Alpha Phi Chapter announced plans to hold the 2012 National Undergraduate Council (NUC) Conference in Las Vegas. I regret to inform you that we will be unable to go through with those plans. Immediately after National Conference, our team began to research [...]
Thursday, October 27th 2011 the 4th Annual “Omega Delta Phi Day” was celebrated in San Marcos, TX by our Rho Chapter (Texas State University)! Brother Lopez explained briefly “Our fraternity hosts an annual Easter Egg Hunt for the city of San Marcos to say thanks to the community for all they do for the Texas State students. It is the second largest service event at Texas State University, right after Bobcat Build. On April 1st, 2012, the fraternity will be [...]
On September 10, 2011, the Alpha Eta Chapter at the University of New Mexico hosted its first annual CASA Golf Tournament. With the support of their sponsors and players, they raised $3000 for the Albuquerque CASA program. We are extremely excited to assist the Albuquerque CASA program and further our commitment to raising awareness about neglected and abused children in court and in the community. Special thanks to the founding brothers who served as the title sponsor for the tournament, [...]
Over the weekend of July 14-17th Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. invaded Orlando and took it by storm. With another successful National Conference under our belt, we leave our brothers better prepared to serve our community and to help them both academically and for their future personal growth! We have come full circle, and truly “it grows as it goes” and what better way to commemorate our 25 years than where it all began?!? And to epitomize our monumental success, [...]